Abstract
The notion of « subjectivation » questions the process that turns a malleable subject into a determinate subject, and the means of this formation. Paul Ricœur and Michel Foucault investigated this issue by analysing the role of writing in the ethical structuration of the self: both philosophers developed an original conception of the function of writing by studying either classical narrative or minors writings; the subject as reader or as writer. With very distinct methods, and through fruitful dialogue, they highlighted two different roles of writing in relationship to the subject: one of self-discipline and one of self-creation.